What a Weight Cut Does to Your Brain
A frank episode on dehydration, the dangers of extreme cuts, and a conversation with a sports physician and a fighter who missed weight and chose to move up a division.
Why the Jab Is a Shield
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Show notes
The punch that does not try to hurt
Beginners throw the jab to land it. Champions throw it to see. Thiago and Renata explain the jab as a ruler, a blindfold and a way to steal rhythm, using three recent title fights. A boxing coach from Sao Paulo joins to explain how he teaches it to a fighter who wants only to throw the right hand.
- Range finding and the first ten seconds of a round
- The blinding jab and what it sets up
- Jab to the body and why nobody does it enough
- Three title fights, three different jabs
- Coach Edson Pereira on teaching patience
Next week, what a weight cut does to the brain and why some fighters should move up.
Transcript
Hey, welcome to Clinch and Corner. I am Thiago Nascimento, I am a jiu-jitsu black belt and I have been in the corner for MMA fighters for over ten years. With me as always is Renata Lima, who writes about boxing and MMA in Rio and has seen more fights ringside than anyone I know. This is the show about what really happened in the fight, not what the press conference said. Today we start with the simplest punch in boxing and the hardest to master. The jab. Not as a weapon, but as a shield, a ruler and a blindfold. We have three recent title fights to show you three completely different jabs, and a coach from Sao Paulo who explains how he teaches it to kids who only want to throw the right hand. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts. Hands up.
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